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In 1925 the Square was beginning to show the degree of traffic problems that were to blight the town in future years.

The town and its castle have therefore been fought over on numerous occasions. Dating from about 1400, the bridge was for years one of only a handful of crossing points over the Forth.

The town and its castle have therefore been fought over on numerous occasions. Dating from about 1400, the bridge was for years one of only a handful of crossing points over the Forth.

Whilst the High Street is a shadow of its former self, the Rose & Crown Hotel, located at the junction with the Market Place, is enjoying somewhat of a renaissance, with its current owners investing

In 1770 there were 5,000 people living in the town, and by 1811 there were 15,083, three times that number; by 1835 the population had doubled again.The railway to Preston opened in 1846, but the

Some parts of Victoria Park were left as woodland, and bracken, silver birch and oak thrive. It would be difficult to guess from the photograph that this was in the centre of a town.

Just as they do today, the boys who lived in this historic town - Fordwich is the smallest town in Britain - enjoyed boating on the River Stour which ebbed and flowed between Canterbury and the sea.

A number of these houses have been converted into shops to cater for the visitors and pilgrims who flock to this town and visit the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Throughout the First Civil War, both town and castle were held by the Royalists, and as such was one of the last to surrender.

Following the death of the owner, the site was acquired by the town and first opened to the public in 1960.

Westport was separated from Malmesbury as it was situated outside the west gate to the town, and it was linked to the town by Abbey Row.

Spilling down from the Yorkshire Dales, the Ribble streams under the lovely old bridge at Settle and through the valley that has taken its name.

Note the many shop awnings and the trams further down the street, a reminder of town centre public transport.

This, the original hamlet on the shore, consisted of fishermen's cottages and the Ship and Nimrod Inns. Henry Pease was said to have had a vision of 'a town arisen on the edge of a cliff'.

Moving east off The Wolds, our tour reaches the flat land between them and the sea, with its high line of rolling marram-grassed sand dunes as a backdrop.

The railway brought coal prices tumbling in the town and ensured prosperity, along with other villages along the line.

The prosperous Georgian feel of the town originates with the presence of the castle and with its role as a market town and agricultural centre.

The diocese was founded here in 909 AD, and the present church replaced a Norman one consecrated in 1148.

One hundred years before this, there were no large shops in the town, and the age of the department store was still a few years away.

In 1800, Aberaeron was little more than a farm and inn by the main coast road where a bridge crossed the Aeron.

We are looking south-east along Neston's main shopping street, with the wall of St Mary and St Helen's church on the immediate right.

East of the town and the Abbey, Glastonbury Tor rises abruptly to 525 feet above sea level from the 'island' above the Moors on which Glastonbury is built.

This interesting mining village, almost a town, developed in the 19th century close to the great copper mines of Consolidated and United Downs.

The town centre is dominated by its very large triangular market place, which in its turn is visually overwhelmed by the mighty church steeple, completed in 1460 and universally known as the Boston Stump